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forded thirty-two forms; the pentameter, four only. 
Of these varieties they availed themselves in con- 
structing their verses. 
Another source of variety was derived from the 
situation of the rhymes, either as they were placed, 
*. at the end of the lines only: or likewise in the 
middle, as the line was divided: II®¥. into two: 
III. into three, or, IVY. into more rhyming parts: 
or, Vy. from other modes of versification. 
I. The first kind produced the couplet only, and 
such verses were called caudati. As in a hymn to 
saint Catherine : 
Celi gemma bona, succurre reis, Katerina, 
Et prece melliflua sis egrotis medicina. 
II. When the line was divided into two rhyming 
parts, the middle rhyme naturally fell upon the 
pause, which is properly at the syllable following the 
first two feet. These were called simplices Leonini. 
Regalis nata,—fueras dignas, venera 
In spe robusta—complectens pene justa. 
Sometimes it fell upon a syllable short of the 
pause. Citogradi. 
Filia regis,—supra cceli sidera degis, 
Pauperis egis—prebe nobis depiaste legis. 
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